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| EPA/OCSPP | RIN: 2070-AB94 | Publication ID: Fall 2010 |
| Title: Testing of Existing Chemicals (Overview Entry for Future Needs) | |
| Abstract: Section 4 of Toxics Substances and Control Act (TSCA) gives EPA the authority to require chemical manufacturers and processors to test existing chemicals. Under section 4, EPA can by rule require testing after finding that (1) a chemical may present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment, and/or the chemical is produced and enters the environment in substantial quantities or there is or may be significant or substantial human exposure to the chemical, (2) the available data to evaluate the chemical are inadequate, and (3) testing is needed to develop the needed data. The Chemical Testing Program in EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) also works with members of the U.S. chemical industry to develop data via TSCA section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECAs). ECAs are usually less resource intensive than formal TSCA rule-making. In developing ECAs, EPA may consider agreed-upon pollution prevention and other types of product stewardship initiatives by the chemical industry as a possible substitute for or adjunct to certain types of testing. The Agency may also consider test rules or ECAs for chemicals or categories of chemicals which have been identified for testing consideration by other Federal or other EPA offices through EPA review processes. This regulatory agenda entry is considered a "generic entry" because it is only intended to alert the public that within the next 6 months the Agency may consider other chemicals for test rules, or ECAs that have not yet been identified. A separate activity specific entry will be included in the regulatory agenda once the Agency decides to develop a test rule or ECA. | |
| Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
| RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
| Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
| CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799 | |
| Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4 15 USC 2611 TSCA 12 | |
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| Additional Information: SAN No. 3493 | |
| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
| Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
| RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest | |
| Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical Manufacturing | |
| RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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Agency Contact: Karen Chu Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 7405M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8773 Fax:202 564-4765 Email: chu.karen@epa.gov Mike Mattheisen Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-3077 Email: mattheisen.mike@epa.gov |
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